white sauce

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt saws]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt sɔs/
- /waɪt sɔːs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwahyt, wahyt saws]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt sɔs/

Definitions of white sauce words

noun white sauce a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel. 1
variable noun white sauce White sauce is a thick white sauce made from milk, flour, and butter. Meat, fish, or vegetables are often cooked in or served in white sauce. 0
noun white sauce a thick sauce made from flour, butter, seasonings, and milk or stock 0
noun white sauce a cooked sauce for vegetables, meat, fish, etc. made of fat or butter, flour, milk, cream, or stock, and seasoning 0
noun white sauce A simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter; Béchamel sauce. 0
noun white sauce Mayonnaise. 0

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Origin of white sauce

First appearance:

before 1715

One of the 49% newest English words

First recorded in 1715-25

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Parts of speech for White sauce

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Full grammatical hierarchy of White sauce

white sauce popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

white sauce usage trend in Literature

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